u8o1.] Sketch of a ‘fourney from Copenhagen to Hamburg. . 
ferior to the beft of Gray’s minor odes, 
and, confequently, will admit of no fort of 
comparifon with the monftrous produétions 
of the day, for which the editor expreffes a 
commendable diftatte. “* [t {creams for the 
guiltof days thatare pait,’’ is awefully fine, 
and worthy ot a poet, as is, likewile, 
€€ While the damp boughs creak, and the 
{winging fhield 
Sings to the raving fpirit of night.” 
The Sone, p. 115. is infinitely beautiful, 
and contains much ‘rea! wit, blended with 
exquifite tendernefs. I fhall prefent it 
as a {pecimen. ny 
If I {wear by that eye, you’ll allow 
Its look is fo fhifting and new, 
That the oath I might take on it now, 
The very next glance would undo! 
Thofe babies that neftle fo fly, 
Such different arrows have got, 
That an oath on the glance of an eye 
Such as your’s, may be off in a fhot! 
Should I {wear by the dew on your lip, 
Though each moment the treafute re- 
news, 
If my conftancy wifhes to trip, 
I may kifs off the oath when I choofe! 
Or a figh may difperfe from that flow’r 
The dew and the oath that are there, 
And I'd make a new vow ev’ry hour, 
To lofe them fo f{weetly in air ! 
But clear up the heav’n of your brow, 
Nor fancy my faith is a feather ; 
On my heart I will pledge you my vow, 
And they muft be both broken together ! 
Tt would be eafy to produce fpecimens 
of fimilar excellence, but I forbear to 
trefpafs upon the limits of your mifcel- 
Jany, and remain, 
Yours, &c. 
=a a 
To-the Editor of the Mouthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
™% IVE me leave to requeft, through the 
medium of your Magazine, fome 
or one of thofe who caz, to publifh, by 
fubfcription, or otherwife, an engraving 
of the Hon. Thomas Erfkine ; thereby 
giving thofe an opportunity of fitting 
under his aufpicious reprefentation, who’ 
revere his profeflional character and abili- 
ties, his humane difpofition and goodnefs 
of heart, and his difintereftednels, and you. 
Sir, 
Your conftant Reader, 
IMICc. 
will oblige, 
Colchefrer, Aug. 65 180%. 
abounds, 
107 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
SKETCH of a4 JOURNEY from COPENHA- 
GEN to HAMBURG, Ge. 
(Continued from Page 24.) 
J VEBORG is an ancient town, fituat- 
ed on a bay where none but {mall 
veflels can enter, as the depth of 
water is not great. It is about: three 
miles from the point of the promontory 
which extends itfelf into the Great Belt. 
It has been, what was called .in former 
times, well fortified; but the fortifications, 
as well as the cattle, are at prefent ina 
ftate of dilapidation ; and a palace, which 
was formerly the refidence of the Kings 
of Denmark, is now alfo in ruins. In 
1659, a victory was obtained over the 
Swedes under the guns of the caftle. This . 
town, like many others in Zealand and 
Funen, is falling falt to decay: it has but 
little commerce, and perhaps it would 
have none, if it were not that the revenue 
is collected here from the veffels which 
pay toll as they pafs through the Great 
Belt. We were detained at Nyeborg fe- 
veral hours, uatil the commandant thought 
proper torife, and counterfign our papers : 
we were much mortified by our detention, 
as the accommodatiens of the inn were 
very indifferent; for we could only pro- 
cure a cup of bad coffee, which we found 
but a forry fubftitute for a breakfaft, after 
travelling all night in an open boat. It would 
be fuppofed, that Nyeborg, though buta 
very {mall town, contained many poor, as 
in two inns which we entered, we faw 
boxes fixed in a confpicuous place in each, 
to receive charitable donations from tra- 
vellers ; fimilar lines were written on them} 
which were to the following effect :— 
“Les Aumones font agréable a Dicu,-— 
Donnzz eu, fans Diftinétion de Nation, ni 
de Religion.—Nous fommes tous Fréres.— 
Donnex & Vhumanitié”’ This energetic 
demand we complied with, by dropping 
our ‘¢ mite;*? but we afterwards felt 
alarmed, when, on enquiry, we learned 
that a prieft cameevery Saturday and an- 
locked the box, the contents of which he 
depofited in his pocket, and we could not 
find that any account was rendered of its 
application. 
The road from Nyeborg to Odenfee, 
the capital of Funen, is through a flat, 
well-cultivated country. Indeed this iflan 
is faid to be better cultivated than Zea- 
land: in the latter, corn-land chiefly 
but in Fiinen there is more 
cattle than in Zealand, and of courfe more 
. P 2 ' ground 
